Gov. Newsom deploying CA National Guard to support food banks statewide

SAN FRANCISCO -- California is stepping successful arsenic the ongoing authorities shutdown threatens nutrient entree for millions.

Governor Gavin Newsom connected Wednesday announced the deployment of the California National Guard and California Volunteers to enactment nutrient banks statewide.

The determination comes arsenic SNAP benefits are delayed for 5.5 cardinal Californians.

The authorities is besides fast-tracking up to $80 cardinal successful exigency funding.

Officials accidental this is simply a humanitarian ngo and that the National Guard volition not beryllium acting arsenic instrumentality enforcement.

The determination mirrors akin enactment taken during the pandemic to support families fed.

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